Friday Links #253
03 May 2013Programming
ExplainJS
NuPattern - Home
Turbulenz Engine Goes Open Source
Integrating with ASP.NET SignalR push services
Intern: A next-generation JavaScript testing stack
dotnetConf - The .NET Community Virtual Conference
Flexible Metro-style icons in WPF with Embedded Fonts
Announcing the Release of WebMatrix 3 - ScottGu’s Blog
Working with AMD modules in Knockout.js - Knock Me Out
NuGet for C++ - Visual C++ Team Blog - Site Home - MSDN Blogs
JetBrains .NET Tools Blog » New Features in the Latest ReSharper 8 EAP
Less Than Dot - Blog - There are now Visual studio project templates for Nancy
Visual Studio Tools for Git Update available - Brian Harry’s blog - Site Home - MSDN Blogs
Deploying an ASP.NET Website to Azure in Visual Studio 2012 from a Git Repository directly
Penny Pinching in the Cloud: How to run a two day Virtual Conference for $10 - Scott Hanselman
Applications
SparkleShare - Self hosted, instant, secure file sync
MetroTextual - Metro UI Text Editor | SingularLabs
Using Paint.NET? Make It Even Better With These Great Plugins
Chrome Office Viewer Opens Microsoft Office Documents in New Tabs
Science and Technology
The Strange/Beautiful Cars of the Shell Eco-Marathon
Video: SpaceShipTwo Completes Its First Rocket-Powered Flight | Autopia | Wired.com
On the Web
Are Droids Taking Our Jobs? : NPR
Handsome Stats - Get The Google Analytics Stats That Matter Most
‘The Single Most Valuable Document In The History Of The World Wide Web’ : Planet Money : NPR
Stuff I Just Like
Hold Nails with a Bobby Pin to Spare Your Fingers
Fiery Cauldrons: Recent Lava Flows in Eastern Russia
Hitting the Gas: Aston Martin Goes Racing With Hydrogen | Autopia | Wired.com
[14 Hairless Cats That Look Like Vladimir Putin - By Elizabeth F. Ralph | Foreign Policy](http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/04/29/14_hairless_cats_that_look_like_vladimir_putin)
[Viral Video: Dove’s Web-Only Commercial Sets Off Beauty Debate - Kara Swisher - Media – AllThingsD](http://allthingsd.com/20130501/viral-video-doves-real-beauty-sketches-web-only-commercial-sets-off-debate/)
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